''Ramapurada Ravana'' is a 1984 Indian

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language film, directed by Rajachandra and produced by C. Jayaram and G. Radhakrishna. The film stars

Anant Nag Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 250 Kannada films and few films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malaya ...

Aarathi Aarathi (born as Bharathi in 1954) is a former Indian actress and director who prominently worked in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. Her accolades include four Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Besides Kannada, ...

, Geetha and

Thoogudeepa Srinivas Mysore Srinivas (17 April 1943 – 16 October 1995), known by his stage name Thoogudeepa Srinivas was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films and is remembered for his portrayal of negative-shaded characters. He is the father of actor, D ...

. The film has musical score by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four dec ...

. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Naam Iruvar''.

Plot

Rudra (

) is an alcoholic living in his hometown with his niece Parvati ( Geetha) and orphan Thimma ( M. S. Umesh). Ramachandra (

) arrives in town as the new school teacher. He is offered a place to stay at the home of the school's trustee Shanti (

). Shanti's father Basavaraj (

K. S. Ashwath Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His memorial is in t ...

) was the town leader. Rudra and Shanti were in love but Rudra had refused to marry her because he was illiterate. Shanti had married the man chosen by her father but he had died on their wedding night. Rudra now spends his days fighting against the injustices meted out by Marthanda Prabhu (

C. R. Simha Channapatna Ramaswami Simha (16 June 1942 – 28 February 2014), better known as C. R. Simha, was an Indian actor, director, dramatist and playwright. He was best known for his work in Kannada films and for his work in stage shows. Starting hi ...

) to the townspeople. Marthanda smuggles drugs, prints counterfeit cash and has murdered townspeople in his bid to become rich and powerful. He is assisted in his misdeeds by his nephew Pashupathi (Maanu), mistress Mayuri and right-hand man Kempa ( Dinesh). With Ramachandra's intervention Rudra turns over a new leaf and gives up drinking. Ramachandra also begins to teach Rudra and makes him literate. Parvati and Ramachandra fall in love. Meanwhile, Marthanda plans to steal public money collected for making improvements to the school. His plan is discovered by the Panchayat Board executive officer, Gopal Rao (

Loknath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor who made more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance was in a Sta ...

). Marthanda's henchmen kill Gopal and set it up to look like he was the thief. Shanti, Ramachandra and Rudra must work together to bring him to justice.

Cast

as DCP Sushil Kumar / Ramachandra Shastry *

as Shanti * Geetha as Parvathi *

as Rudra *

as Marathanda Prabhu * Dinesh * Maanu as Pashupathi * M. S. Umesh as Thimma *

Lokanath C. H. Loknath (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor who made more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance was in a Sta ...

as Gopal Rao *

Keerthiraj Keerthiraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Keerthiraj as an actor include '' Gajanura Gandu'' (1996), '' Bhanda Nanna Ganda'' (1992), and '' S. P. Bhargavi'' (1991). Career Keerthiraj has been part ...

Negro Johnny Johnny known professionally as Negro Johnny was an Indian actor and stunt co-ordinator in the Kannada film industry. His films include ''Samyuktha'' (1988), '' Gajapathi Garvabhanga'' (1989) and '' SP Sangliyana 2'' (1990). Career His original ...

as Basavarajaiah (Special Appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

References

1984 films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Indian films Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Kannada films remade in other languages Films directed by Rajachandra {{1980s-Kannada-film-stub